National Briefing | West: California: Boating Kills 4 Otters

Four sea otters have been killed by boating this month, the second known time in five years that boats have killed multiple otters, environmental groups said. Collisions with boats and shootings, oil spills, pollution and entanglements with fishing gear are among the reasons that otters have not rebounded despite protection since 1977, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service said. The new deaths occurred off Moss Landing in Monterey Bay, Defenders of Wildlife said.